ZephyrOperating system · Zephyrproject

CVE-2025-1674

HIGH · 8.2 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-02-25
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 4.0 or later.
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91/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A lack of input validation allows for out of bounds reads caused by malicious or malformed packets.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

This vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation in packet processing logic, allowing attackers to trigger out-of-bounds memory reads by sending specially crafted malformed packets. The out-of-bounds read can expose sensitive memory contents to an attacker, potentially leading to information disclosure or aiding further exploitation.

MitigationImplement robust input validation and boundary checking on all incoming packet data before processing. Deploy the vendor-supplied patch once available, and consider network-level filtering to reject malformed packets as an interim control.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
ZephyrOperating system
Affected:<= 4.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Zephyr version
    Check the Zephyr RTOS version in your build configuration, manifest file (west.yml), or version header files
    Affected if Version is 4.0 or any version <= 4.0
  2. Confirm packet processing is in use
    Review your application code for usage of Zephyr networking APIs such as net_pkt, net_buf, or socket operations that process incoming data
    Affected if Your firmware uses Zephyr's network stack to process incoming packets
  3. Assess network exposure
    Determine if the device has active network interfaces (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or other) and whether it accepts connections from untrusted sources
    Affected if Device is network-accessible and can receive packets from attackers
  4. Inspect packet validation code
    Search your codebase for input validation functions that check packet length, buffer bounds, or data integrity before processing network data
    Affected if No explicit length checks or boundary validation exist before packet data is processed

You are affected if your Zephyr version is 4.0 or below and your device uses the networking stack to process incoming packets without adequate input validation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 4.0
Interim mitigation

Implement robust input validation and boundary checking on all incoming packet data before processing. Deploy the vendor-supplied patch once available, and consider network-level filtering to reject malformed packets as an interim control.

Fix this in Zephyr Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
20.0 hours of engineering $3,500
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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